Gillfield Baptist Church
Gillfield Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 209 Perry St in Petersburg, VA 23803-4201. It is one of 145 churches in Petersburg, and one of 32 Baptist congregations in the city.
Sharing the Gospel and Serving Our Community
209 Perry St, Petersburg, VA, 23803-4201Phone: (804) 732-3565 · Website: https://gillfield.com/
Gillfield Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,727 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,417 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
Ministries at Gillfield Baptist Church
- Greeters Ministry
- Music Ministry
- Usher Ministry
- Church Leadership Council
- Ministry of Christian Education
- Fellowship
- Boy Scouting
- Girl Scouting
- Diaconate Ministry
- Health Care Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Evangelism Committee
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The community around Gillfield Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 50.0%
- Social Isolation: 40.2%
- Food Insecurity: 37.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.5%
- Diabetes: 23.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.6%
- Unemployment: 16.7% (5.3–28.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 26.8% (16.1–37.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8% (10.5–17.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Gillfield Baptist Church
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Olivet Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- House Of Restoration Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Stephens Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Downtown Churches United — 0.1 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Third Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Olivet Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
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